For this New Sounds, listen to some of the self-dubbed “ritual groove” of Pianist Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, a chamber jazz outfit who mix minimalism and James Brown liberally. We’ll hear from the latest album “Llyria,” named after a luminous sea creature.
BBC World Service provides international news, analysis and information.
The Splendid Table provides listeners and browsers abundant information on food preparation, appreciation, and culture.
On Being, hosted by journalist and theologian Krista Tippett is a regular series of programs produced and distributed by American Public Media. Being will not always have "religion" itself as a subject, but it will grapple with common and larger themes of American life—asking how perspectives of faith might offer illumination.
When Weekend Edition Sunday debuted on Jan. 18, 1987, NPR's morning and evening newsmagazines were extended to seven days a week. Conceived as a cross between a Sunday newspaper and CBS'Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, the program has featured interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians as well as news events including Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison and the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Why White House reporters are fed up, getting the president's attention through online petitions, and a conversation with The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi.
The art world is reeling at the news that Charles Krafft, a sculptor noted (and respected) for making ironic Nazi kitsch, has come out as a Holocaust denier and white supremacist. Isaac Newton sticks a needle in his eye in a new play. Sandra Bernhard falls hard for Carol Channing, ...
An eclectic mix of American Popular Standards, classical, rock and roll, jazz and "good talk" with host Jonathan Schwartz.
The NPR News Quiz, a fast-paced, fresh and funny look at current affairs and the week's events.
Reporters scour the globe for the most direct and compelling information, from the spread of AIDS in India to the inexplicable fluctuations of the Brazilian economy.
Bullseye is a public radio show about what's good in popular culture. With a keen editorial eye, Bullseye sifts the wheat from the chaff, and brings you hot culture picks, in-depth interviews with the most revered and revolutionary creative people and irreverent original comedy. Bullseye is equal parts funny and fascinating. Whether you're already plugged in to the culture map, or looking for a signpost, Bullseye will keep you on target.
A handheld camera for radio, This American Life takes an intimate look at the drama of the Everyman. Veteran producer Ira Glass shoots from the hip, exploring the lives of oddballs, antiheroes, and just plain folks who quietly fade into our homogenous national landscape. The program shares stories of life and love through monologues, documentaries, short radio plays, "found recordings," and original works for radio, giving you plenty of reasons to linger around the house.
In this episode of Spinning on Air, David Garland brings the cast of six singers and three musicians to WNYC to perform two extended excerpts from Episode 1 of "Life and Times." OK Theater's co-directors Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper also join in to talk about their work, and the thoughts and process behind it.
Your thoughts and feelings, your joy and sorrow....it’s all part of your identity, of your consciousness. But what exactly is consciousness? It may be the biggest mystery left in science. Neuroscientists have made remarkable discoveries about the brain, but we're not close to cracking the mystery of consciousness. How does a ...
Guest host Cynthia Nixon presents two stories in which people find happiness in unexpected places.
For this New Sounds, we’ll listen to works that play with sound and music, at the intersection where one leaves off and the other begins. Hear music from Brian Eno in collaboration with like-minded musicians Jon Hopkins and Leo Abraham, a record called “Small Craft on a Milk Sea.”